Chvrches played two sold-out nights at the Fox Theater in Oakland, in between Coachella weekends. Continue reading
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Wolf Alice @ Fox Theater, Oakland 04.18.16
While the annual Coachella music festival has varying degrees of appeal depending on your feelings about the desert, festivals, hordes of sweaty bros, and the particular bands playing, an indisputably great side benefit of the festival since it became a two-weekend affair is the plethora of shows around California during the week between Coachella weekends. Continue reading
Iggy Pop @ The Masonic, 03.31.16
Rock icon Iggy Pop played a sold-out show at the Masonic in San Francisco, in support of his latest record, Post Pop Depression. Continue reading
The Smashing Pumpkins @ The Masonic w/ Liz Phair, 03.25.16
The Smashing Pumpkins brought their “In Plainsong” tour to San Francisco, along with fellow Chicagoan Liz Phair, who played a solo opening set. Continue reading
Quilt @ The Independent, 03.23.16
Boston’s psychedelic indie-rock quintet Quilt headlined the Independent in San Francisco on March 23, touring in support of their excellent third album, Plaza. Continue reading
St. Lucia @ The Fillmore, 03.05.16
Out on tour in support of their second record, Matter, Brooklyn-based electro-pop band St. Lucia played the Fillmore in San Francisco on a very rainy Saturday on March 5th, though the weather outside had absolutely no effect on the enthusiasm of the ecstatic crowd in the venue. Continue reading
The Thermals @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall for Noise Pop, 02.25.16
Portland post-pop-punk trio quartet The Thermals headlined a late show at Brick and Mortar Music Hall on a busy Thursday night for Noise Pop 2016. Continue reading
Best Coast + Wavves played the Fillmore, w/ Cherry Glazerr, 03.01.16
SoCal kids Best Coast, Wavves, and Cherry Glazer returned to their home state on the final leg of their “Summer is Forever II” tour, the “sequel” to the co-headlining tour Best Coast and Wavves embarked on back in 2011. Continue reading
Metric played The Masonic (w/Joywave) in San Francisco for Noise Pop 2016, 02.23.16
Toronto quartet Metric helped kick off the 2016 Noise Pop festival in San Francisco with a show at The Masonic in Nob Hill. Continue reading
Ty Segall & The Muggers (w/CFM, VIAL) @ The Fillmore 01.18.16
Garage-/glam-/psych-/noise-rock savant Ty Segall played a two-night stand in his adoptive hometown of San Francisco at the Fillmore, a few days before the release of Emotional Mugger, his eighth studio record since 2008 (9th if you count Slaughterhouse—and you should—recorded as The Ty Segall Band). Continue reading
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